Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-11-23
Uncle Ed. actually bought
a carload of new goods on
his trip East this month.

a carload of new goods on
his trip East this month.
w. W. Cook is in Wichita attending
district court.
Fresh fish and fresh oysters regular
ly at the Central market. IL
j. Litchfeld, Of the Cling hotel, Is
home from his western trip.
John Dollrer last week sold his bill
lard table TO a. j. Johnson, of Sawyer.
For sale-cheap, good 2-seat spring
wagon and set of double harness. This
office
Heating and cooking stoves, hun
dred patterns, at Morris Bros, cheap
for cash. "a
The finest stock of confectionery and
fancy groceries ever brought to this city
is now open at Young's. -
Monday, December 9Th. our people
will meet and decide if they want to
bore prospecting hole.
Mrs. Jas. r. Fleming and the children
will likely start this week to Monterey,
California, where Mr.. f. is located.
Marshal Horney will fire the first
boys that makes a disturbance in the
gallery of the Thompson opera house.
For tender steak, juicy roast. or
any kind of smoked meat, fresh and
good, see Marquand, next door to the
postoffice. 81
Jim Johnson wrote To. Kiowa for dates
for his Uncle Toms Cabin" and
"Peck's Bad Boy" troupe, and he was
refused.
See Dickerson, at Murphey's harness
shop, for leather chest protectors, cuffs,
collars, hat bands aud ladies' belts. A
hundred designs and all pretty. %
Full Weight" is the name of that
excellent cigar that had such a run a
few months ago. We have another in
voice of 10000. StandIfOrd, Youmans
& Eidred. %
A party Of hunters passed through
the eastern part of the county, . few
days ago, on their way home from trip
into the territory. They said they had
killed two hundred turkeys and eighteen
deer.
E. b. Peck was up from Hazelton
yesterday to learn what action would
likely be taken by Mr.. Bryson and his
friends looking to an election contest.
No one appears to know what will be
done.
Tie Kiowa Herald this week hoists
the name of j. l.. Order, of yelling
ton, as its candidate for congress in
this district. Mr.. Order has the repu-
tatiOn of being one of the brightest
democrats in the district and the most
eloquent talker.
Two regular mails arrive from and de-
part for the east eachday. The accom-
mediation train that leaves here at 1890
a. m. carries all mail for HaZelton,
Kiowa, the Canema and Aetna country
and the Panhandle of Texas. 1t con-
meets with the south bound train at
Attica. Returning the accommodation
arrives here at 6 p. m.
Sun City people are having a hole
drilled int the earth, near the Doug
lass residence, in the hope of finding
coal. The man who is doing the work
is the one who bored for and struck
onaI IN, tho Dannard 1op1 In Cop,on
che county. He gives it as his opinion
that coal underlies Sun City. The ell
tire county would rejoice at coal being
found in any portion of it.
The protracted meeting is still pro-
crossing at the Christian church, and
the house is crowded every night with
deeply interested hearers. Elder Cot
tingham is fOrcible speaker. and is
unusually good in illustration. Addi-
tiOns to the membership are being made
at nearly every meeting, and the zeal
of the older members has been consid-
erably aroused. Elder Cottingham can
only remain a few days longer, as he
has many urgent calls for help. About
twenty additions have been made to the
membership since his arrival here.
w. S. Denton and son. Robbie, Am.
brose Lawrence and Raymond Eppley
left yesterday, for few days of hunt.
ing in the Territory. They are prepar.
ed to stay week, game or no game
They have FIVE bushel box crammed
with provisions. They have carefully
figured out the amount that two mel
would eat in a week, at home; then tC
make allowance for an increased appe.
tite, they doubled the amount. They
then added thirty per cent. for acct
dents and wastage; they then made an
allowance of everything for the boys
and Just doubled their own rations, al
they knew that in camping out a boy
never gets enough to eat. All this al
lowance for five days amounted to foul
bushels and half. They then threw
in the extra half bushel, for fear they
might be detained six days. We think
they have made safe calculation, anC
VIII not nave 10 come nome hungry De
fore their time Is out.
Our people were not disappointed II
the second appearance in this city o.
the Clair Patee dramatic company
Monday evening, and a magniticen
audience gFReted these favOrites. Th'
occasion was also tue formal opening
of the Thompson opera house, and i
was the universal opinion of all pres
ent that a better company Feould no
have been selected to do honor to tn,
occasion. The ever-popular "Queena'
was presented Monday evening in ;
most pleasing manner. Miss ArnOl'
HAD lost none Of her superb style sine
her last appearance here, bnt il anything
had acquired bearing and force tina
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